Member brief No. TX-03
Reviewed October 31, 2026
TX-03 · Texas
Keith Self
Republican. Trump won Texas in 2024. Not flagged for 2032 redistricting risk.
- Age on Election Day 2028
- 75
- Born March 20, 1953.
- Lean
- R+11
- Solidly Republican. Cook PVI, 2026 lines.
- In the House since
- 2023
- Served since January 3, 2023.
- Cash on hand
- $292K
- $292,331. Reporting period ended October 14, 2026
The 2026 race
- November 3, 2026
- Re-elected
Over Evan Hunt (D). Called by NBC News on November 4, 2026.
- Primary
- Won with 80.2%
March 3. Next: Mark Newgent, 19.8%.
Endorsements, 2026
Endorsed: Donald Trump, Turning Point Action.
None on record: Club for Growth, MAHA PAC.
What a race here costs
TV: Dallas–Fort Worth, 3.26 million homes. The district is 8.6% of the market; 3 markets in all.
2026 primary: $576K spent, $7.24 a vote
2024 general: $498K spent, $1.31 a vote
In the House, 119th Congress
- Chair of the Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe
Committees: Foreign Affairs · Science, Space, and Technology · Veterans’ Affairs
General-election outcomes
- 2024 vote share
- 62.45%
- Victory margin
- +24.91 pts
- Trump, 2024
- 58.89% · +20.07 pts
Margin 4.84 points above Trump. Vote share 3.56 points above.
2024 election districts. Valid votes; margin over the runner-up. Runner-up: Sandeep Srivastava. Returns · Trump baseline · Method. Reviewed November 5, 2026.
Money, past cycles
Past cycles are not yet in our data.
Scorecards and grades
- Conservative average, out of 100
- 96.7
- Progressive average, out of 100
- 11.5 (LCV 1, Progressive Punch 4, Stop Corruption Now 30)
- IAP Action score, immigration
- 192, rank 8 of 431
- Gun Owners of America grade, 2024
- A
Read October 4, 2026 from the member’s page on heritageaction.com, clubforgrowth.org, tpaction.com, gopscorecard.limitedgov.org.